Why did Voldemort want to kill Harry? + Trelawney

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 36277

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., 
> > > Starlight wrote:
> > 
> > > Why Harry? What could he possibly have against a 
> > > little baby? Why was he prepaired to spare Lily's 
> > > life, when she was more dangerous for him 
> > > than Harry ever was till then? Shouldn't that tell
> > > us something about the <<relationship>> between Lily
> > > and Voldermort? 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ms Lizard Gizzard <lizgiz1980 at y...> wrote:
> > Now... in book 3, Professor Trelawney goes into a
> > trance and predicts the return of Voldemort. 
> > Dumbledore muses that that is perhaps her *second*
> > real prediction.  I have to wonder if (again, sorry if
> > this is a repeat on this board.) her *first* real
> > prediction was that a Potter would bring about LV's
> > downfall.

With the name Sibyl I'm seeing a Greek Oracle parallel with 
Tralawney's first prophecy. Consider the ancient example from Oedipus 
Rex (often copied in modern literature.) The king receives a prophecy 
that his son will kill him and take his mother. The king decides to 
avoid this by killing the son and orders him killed. The baby 
survives (of course) and is raised in ignorance of his heritage and 
the prophecy. As a young man the prince gets in an argumant with a 
man on a road and kills him. The man was the king who attempting to 
avoid a prophecy unknowingly fulfills it.

Consider if Sibyl's first prophecy was about Harry. I've imagined 
James and Lily as some of the leading young wizards fighting LV, 
possibly aurors, yet not THE leading wizards. In a VERY PUBLIC 
gathering at Hogwart's (possibly their wedding or the Baby's 
christening)Sibyl Tralawney goes into a trance and prophesies the the 
Potter baby will cause the downfall of LV, putting into motion a 
string of events.

1 Pettigrew informs LV of the prophecy. LV is the first person to 
take it seriously.
2 LV places Baby Potter on his Dark Wizard Hit List. 
3 Snape (spy for Dumbledore) sends word to Hogwart's
4 Potter's decide to go into hiding. Potters decide on Sirius as 
Secret Keeper for Fidelus Charm, Tell Dumbledore of this.
5 Pettigrew convinces Sirius to let him switch with him. Betrays 
Potters.
6 LV goes to Godric Hollow. Attacks James at door, possibly stunning 
or wounding him.
7 Lily tries to protect Harry, LV tells her to stand aside, Lily 
refuses. Lily killed
8 Lilys sacrifice protects Harry, LV casts AK on Harry, but it 
backfires, destroying LV's body. 
By trying to stop a prophecy, LV enables it to be fulfilled

9 James dies after Lily, either from blood loss or the house falling 
on him. This explains the order of the Potters in GofF when LV's wand 
spits out victims.

I don't buy that LV was saving Lily for any PG-13 interest of his 
own. I might consider he was keeping Lily as a witness of his killing 
Harry. Possibly making a statement to his power.

Uncmark